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Originally posted by sailor
It looks like it will be an entertaining movie, but I saw lots of holes in its claimed "historical accuracy." First, *no one*, least of all Jerry Bruckheimer knows the truth about the legend. Second, the generally accepted time period of the legend, and the time period that historians think was when any truth to the story occured, is before 1000AD. There were no huge castles, longbows, large siege weapons, or anything else shown in the trailers at this point. Castles were made of wood and placed on a hill. It was more of a cabin with a fence around it. The trailer was *chock* full of historical fallacies.
That said, it should be entertaining at the least.
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I like sailor lots and lots right now.
However, there is an interesting series of novels on this subject, how and why a system of government such as Camelot had, and a character as Arthur might have arisen in the aftermath of the roman evacuation of Britain in the early 5th century.
It's called The Camulod Chronicles, by Jack Whyte. Historically interesting, even if the writing and storylines tend to become boring and repetitious.
Either way, i still want to see this.